Our consulting experience is divided into
five categories. Short lists are provided on this web page. For more details drop us a note
click here.Water resources management
1.
Client INGEMA Consulting Engineers,
Project Etude de gestion du complex
El Akab
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modeling
long tern operation of the system under uncertainty
-
short
term system optimization study
Time May 1991 – May 1993
2.
Client
SNC-Lavalin, Inc.,
Project River
-
development
of the Nile Water Strategic Research Unit
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system
dynamic simulation modeling o f
Time November
1994 – June 1996
3.
Client UNESCO, Division of Water
Sciences,
Project Systems Analysis Techniques
in Support of Water Conflict Resolution
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state-of-the-art
review of the system analysis for water conflict resolution
-
identification
of representative case studies
-
development
of the report
-
development
of the decision support system prototype for water conflict resolution
Time July 2002 – October
2002
4.
Client UNESCO,
Division of Water Sciences,
Project Decision Support System for
Water Conflict Resolution
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development
of the methodology for water conflict resolution
-
decision
support system development
-
development
of training material for the use of the decision support system
Time October 2002 –
December 2002
5.
Client UNESCO,
Division of Water Sciences,
Project Our Future Outlook on Global
Water Resources and Water Related Risk Management
-
preparation
of report
Time June 2005 – December
2005
6.
Client UNESCO,
Division of Water Sciences,
Project Integrated Water Resources
Management in Basins, Sub-basins and Aquifers
-
preparation
of the state-of-the art document
-
provision
of strategic directions recommendations
-
preparation
of the practice guidelines for IWRM implementation in basins, sub-basins and
aquifers
Time May 2007 – December
2007
7.
Client Canadian
Council of Professional Engineers,
Project Water Resources –
Infrastructure Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Design Considerations for Future
Climate Change
-
preparation
of engineering literature review
-
preparation
of a report
-
preparation
of a bibliography of references
Time October 2007 – January
2008
Water resources system analysis
1.
Client E. Todini
& Partners,
ENEL-CRIS-Servizio Idrologico,
ISMES
Spa – Monitoraggio Geoambientale,
Project
-
development
of calibration methodology
-
development,
testing and use of an expert system for calibration of the model
Time July 1993 – September 1993
2.
Client ISMES Spa,
Project Delimitation of Hydrographic
Basins in Plain Areas
-
development
of the multi criteria methodology for delimitation of river basins
-
implementation
of the Compromise Programming multi criteria technique for the delimitation of
the pilot Piave river basin
Time July 1993 – August 1993
3.
Client W-E-R Agra Ltd.,
Project A
Study of the Sihu Drainage Systems Optimal Operation
– Phase I
-
optimization
modeling of flood and water logging control
-
simulation
of system effectiveness
Time July 1994 – May 1995
4.
Client W-E-R Agra Ltd.,
Dongting
Project Development
of a Work Plan for the
-
assessment
of the appropriate optimization tools
-
data
collection
-
work
plan development
Time July 1994
5.
Client W-E-R Agra Ltd.,
Project Optimal Operation of the Sihu Drainage System – Phase II
-
development
and testing of nonlinear optimization tools for the optimal operation of the
system
-
selection
of the technique, development of the code and assessment of the test results
Time August 1995 – February 1996
6.
Client Golder Associates,
Project
-
development
of the decision support (DSS) methodology
-
integration
of the optimization and simulation tools into a DSS
-
development
of the user interface
-
assessment
of the software development tools
Time November 1998 – December
1998
7.
Client KGS Group, Water Resources
Services,
Project Development
of Operation Planning Model for
-
development
of the optimization model
-
assessment
of optimization tools available
-
optimization
analyses
Time April 2000 – July 2000
8.
Client Halcrow
Project Draft
Methodology: Prioritization Study for
-
review
of the methodology
-
recommendation
for the follow up study
Time November 2001
9.
Client Golder Associates,
Project Planning
Study for Further Infra-structural Development to Improve Water Management in
the Sihu Area
-
international
experience in integrated lake management
-
multi
criteria analysis under uncertainty – Fuzzy Compromise Pograming
-
multi
criteria ranking of development options for the
Time January 2002 - June 2002
10.
Client Water Stewardship
Project Peer Review of Manitoba
Hydro SPLASH Model
-
review
of the model description
-
analysis
of the model application
-
participation
in the review meeting
Time April – May 2005
Management of floods
1.
Client KGS Group,
Project Flood Control
Adequacy Review Study –
-
study
review
-
recommendations
for future work
Time January 1996
2.
Client International Joint
Commission, Canadian Section,
Project Assessment of Social Impacts
of Flooding for use in Flood Management in the
-
conducting
the survey ‘The Psychosocial Impacts of the 1997 Red River Flood’
-
report
preparation
-
recommendations
to the International Red River Basin Task Force
Time July 1997 – December 1997
3.
Client International Joint
Commission, Canadian Section,
Project
-
expert
advice on the plan of study and guidance to Task Force activities
-
Task
Force meetings
-
Review
of the information, reports, contract proposals, hydraulic and hydrologic model
results
Time January 1998 – March 1998
July
1999 – December 2000
4.
Client International Joint
Commission, Canadian Section,
Project Functional Requirements,
Design Plans and Implementation Strategy for the
-
conceptual
development of the
-
assessment
of software and hardware requirements
-
report
preparation
-
prototype
development and demonstration
Time November 1998
5.
Client International Joint
Commission, Canadian Section,
Project
-
work
plan development with the
-
liaison
between the Tassk Force and the sub-group
-
direct
research to identify data and information required
-
development
and implementation of a DSS for the
Time May 1998 – June 1999
6.
Client Science Applications
International Corporation,
Project The Global Disaster Information
Network (GDIN):
-
development
of the disaster information network
-
assessment
of data needs
-
assessment
of software support
-
promotion
of the decision support system concept
Time May 1999 – April 2000
7.
Client Emergency Preparedness
Project A Prototype Computer-based
Behavioral Model for Emergency Planning
-
development
of the system dynamics simulation model for flood evacuation
-
model
calibration using data from the
-
sensitivity
analyses of model performance
-
model
documentation and report preparation
Time November 2000 – January 2001
8.
Client Emergency Preparedness
Project Evaluation of the
Effectiveness of Emergency Management Procedures:
-
use
of the system dynamics simulation model for evaluation of emergency management
procedures in the
-
report
preparation
-
workshop
organization
Time January 2001 - March 2001
9.
Client CTI Engineering Co., Ltd.,
Project Review of the Existing
Real-time Flood Control Systems
-
literature
review
-
identification
of existing systems
-
analyses
of the effectiveness of existing systems
-
report
preparation
Time January 2001 – March 2001
10.
Client World Meteorological
Organization (WMO),
Project Case Study on Flood
Management in the Red River
-
preparation
of the case study
-
analyses
of experience
-
preparation
of the text for the final report and WMO case study web site
Time December 2003 – May 2004
11.
Client UNESCO, Division of Water
Sciences,
Project International Flood
Initiative
-
development
of the International Flood Initiative concept
-
work
plan
-
schedule
of activities
-
draft
report preparation
Time July 2004
12.
Client Golder Associates,
Project Decision Support System
Application for Water Management and Flood Control
-
literature
search
-
development
of the state-of-the-art report
-
selection
of six case studies
-
development
of the report describing the details of selected case studies
Time January 2005 - now
13.
Client IFNet,
Project Action Report Towards Flood Disaster Reduction
-
development
of the state-of-the-art review
-
review
of the
-
development
of the report
Time December 2005
Global change
1.
Client European Commission, Research
Directorate General,
Project Evaluation of Proposals Under Call FPG-2002-Global 1:
Global Change and Ecosystems
-
participation
at the meetings of the evaluation team
-
development
of the evaluation methodology
-
ranking
of the proposals
-
presentation
of the final results
Time May
2003
2.
Client Golder Associates,
Yellow
River Conservancy Commission,
Project New Trends in Integrated Watershed
Management
-
development
of the state-of-the-art review
-
presentation
of the trends
-
discussion
of potential application in the
Time August
2004
3.
Client Research Institute for Humanity and
Nature (RIHN),
Project Impact of Climate Changes on
Agricultural Production System in the Arid Areas
-
development
of the methodology for assessment of climate change impacts on the management
of water resources in arid region
-
preparation
of the report
-
implementation
of the methodology to assessment of climate change impacts in the pilot basin,
-
preparation
of the report
-
training
Time June 2004 – 2007
4.
Client
Project Seasonal Flood Changes Under Climate Change in the
-
investigation
of applicability of aerial reduction factors under climate change conditions
-
development
of basin wide seasonal design event conditions under climate change
-
review
of adequacy of current regulatory flood return period of 250 years
-
analyses
of impact of current flood protection infrastructure under the climate change
-
investigation
of adaptation strategies through watershed management
-
preparation
of recommendations and reports
Time August 2008 - 2009
Water resources education and training
1.
Client University
of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences,
Course Expert Systems for Water
Resources Engineers
-
short
course for researchers and graduate students
-
25
participants
Time May 1989
2.
Client
Course Issues in Reservoir
Management and Optimization
-
short
course for practicing engineers
-
28
participants
Time March 1992
3.
Client
Course Systems Analysis for
Planning Hydro-Power Production
-
short
course for practicing engineers
-
28
participants
Time April 1992
4.
Client Ministere de Travaux Publics
de la Formation, Administartion de
L’hydraulique,
Course Water Resources
Multi-criteria Analysis
-
short
course for government officials
-
14
participants
Time April 1993
5.
Client ISMES Spa,
Course Water Resources
Multi-criteria Analysis
-
short
course for practicing engineers
-
development
of joint case study application for delineation of river basins
-
7
participants
Time July 1993
6.
Client
E.
Todini & Partners,
Course Expert Systems for Water
Resources Management and Flood Risk Control
-
short
course for practicing engineers and government officials
-
25
participants
Time July 1993
7.
Client
Course Expert Systems for Water Resources
Engineering
-
short
course for practicing engineers and researchers
-
18
participants
Time May 1994
8.
Client
SNC-Lavalin,
Inc.,
Course Systems Approach to
Sustainable Water Management
-
short
course for government officials
-
20
participants
Time November 1994
9.
Client
SNC-Lavalin,
Inc.,
Course A Systems Approach to
Creative Water Resources Engineering: Advanced Systems and Risk Analysis
-
short
course for government officials
-
18
participants
Time June 1995
10.
Client
SNC-Lavalin,
Inc.,
Course A Creative
Approach to Dissemination of Water Resources Information
-
short
course for government officials
-
introduction
to Internet and HTML programming
-
15
participants
Time February 1996
11.
Client Asian Institute of
Technology,
Danish
Development Agency, DANIDA,
Course Water Resources Management
-
graduate
course
-
22
students
Time May – August 1996
12.
Client
SNC-Lavalin,
Inc.,
Course Expert Systems
in Water Resources
-
short
course for government officials
-
18
participants
Time April 1997
13.
Client Fundação Centro Tecgnológico
de Hidráulica,
Course A Systems Approach to
Creative Water Resources Engineering
-
short
course for practicing engineers and researchers
-
12
participants
Time April 1998
14.
Client CATHALAC,
Course Achieving Sustainability in
Water Resources Systems
-
short
course for government officials and practicing engineers
-
20
participants
Time April 1999
15.
Client
Course System Dynamics: An Introduction
-
short
course for graduate students and researchers
-
8
participants
Time January 2005
16.
Client UNESCO, Division of Water
Sciences,
Book Water for Our Children: Systems
Methods and Tools for Better Management of Water Resources
-
text
book preparation
Time May 2005 – December 2006
17.
Client Institute for Catastrophic
Loss Reduction,
Book Systems Approach for Management
of Disasters (working title)
-
text
book preparation
Time September 2006 – April 2008
18.
Client Consorzio Ferrara Richerche
Lecture Approvvigionamento e
distribuzione idrica: Esperienza, Ricerca, Innovazione
-
keynote
lecture
Time June 2007
19.
Client
Course System Dynamics: An Introduction
-
short
course for graduate students and researchers
-
20
participants
Time June 2009